A Month Ago,your History Instructor Assigned a Group Project That

question 114

Multiple Choice

A month ago,your history instructor assigned a group project that is due next week.As the deadline approaches,you find that group meetings are tense and nonproductive.Most of the time,members accuse one another of not getting their portion of the work completed,or members simply have nothing to show between one meeting and the next.What is the MOST likely explanation for what is happening in your group?

• A) groupthink
• B) deindividuation
• C) social loafing
• D) social facilitation

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